# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/longinus
# Generated: 2026-09-01T12:42:18.282Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/longinus"
name: "Longinus"
slug: "longinus"
description: "The Roman soldier who stabbed Jesus on the cross, then — depending on which medieval text you read — looked up and declared him divine. The lance became a relic. The man became a saint."
tagline: "Roman soldier, and saint, who pierced the side of Jesus"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/LonginusFyodorZubov.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Italy"
  isoCode: "IT"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "100"
deathDate: "100"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           59.3
  momentum:             2.91914116034719
  historical:           24.446444
  currentAttention:     17.92550414409711
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
tags:
  - name: "Religious Figures"
    slug: "religious-figures"
  - name: "Journalist"
    slug: "journalist"
  - name: "Literature"
    slug: "literature"
  - name: "Religion"
    slug: "religion"
  - name: "Ancient History"
    slug: "ancient-history"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Wikipedia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Longinus"
    title: "Pantheon 2.0"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Longinus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Святы Лангін"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%BD_(%D1%81%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%86)"
    title: "Лонгин (светец)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sant Longí"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longin"
    title: "Longin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sankt_Longinus"
    title: "Sankt Longinus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longinus"
    title: "Longinus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%86%CE%B3%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%9B%CE%BF%CE%B3%CE%B3%CE%AF%CE%BD%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%BF_%CE%95%CE%BA%CE%B1%CF%84%CF%8C%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%B1%CF%81%CF%87%CE%BF%CF%82"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longinus"
    title: "Longinus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Longino"
    title: "San Longino"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ff.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longinus"
    title: "Longinus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyh%C3%A4_Longinus"
    title: "Pyhä Longinus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longin_le_centurion"
    title: "Longin le centurion"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sveti_Longin"
    title: "Sveti Longin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longinus"
    title: "Longinus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Longino"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "론지노"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longinus_(nomen)"
    title: "Longinus (nomen)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longinus_(heilige)"
    title: "Longinus (heilige)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longinus_(helgen)"
    title: "Longinus (helgen)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Longinus_(Bible)"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Longino"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://pl.wikiquote.org/wiki/Longin_z_Cezarei_Kapadockiej"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B3_(%D8%B4%D8%AE%D8%B5%D9%8A%D9%87_%D9%85%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D9%87%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%AF)"
    title: "لونجينوس (شخصيه من العهد الجديد)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "লংগিনায়"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  The Gospels don't name him. The apocryphal Gospel of Nicodemus does: Longinus. Some versions fold him together with the centurion who spoke at the Crucifixion, the one who called Jesus the son of God — making him one of Rome's first converts on the spot. What began as a spear thrust recorded in the Gospel of John grew across centuries into full conversion legend. The lance he carried became the Holy Lance in Catholic tradition, credited with opening the last of Christ's Five Holy Wounds. By the Middle Ages the story had hardened into veneration: Longinus was claimed as a saint across the Roman Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, and other Christian communions.